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Mission Statement
Mission Statement
Charleston Collegiate School is a challenging and supportive learning community that prepares students for a lifelong commitment to intellectual achievement, integrity, service, and leadership.
Commitment to individual achievement and development
o Personalized teaching
o Active communication
o Develop critical thinking
o Maximize potential
o Learning diversity
o Balanced focus on athletics and the arts
Commitment to excellence through citizenship
o Honesty
o Integrity
o Respect
o Leadership
o Service
Commitment to excellence through intellectual achievement
o Challenge and inspire each student to achieve maximum potential
o Student-as-worker, Teacher-as-coach
o Goals will apply to all students
The Five Basics for the 21st Century
(courtesy of Ted Sizer)
Students will need
1. to be techno-literate
2. to be able to use the English language in writing and speaking in a very powerful fashion
3. to understand the need for collaboration
4. to function in a multi-cultural environment
5. to speak and write a second language
Habits of the Heart
Charleston Collegiate believes that its students should develop (and its graduates possess) the following habits of the heart in order to be good citizens who are models of living with integrity and honor.
- Each student values moral responsibility.
- Each student demonstrates a commitment to civility and a willingness to engage in a civil dialogue.
- Each student acknowledges and respects a variety of beliefs and values, being free from bias and prejudice.
Habits of the Mind
Charleston Collegiate believes that its students should develop (and its graduates possess) the following habits of mind; these habits will enable them to become independent, inquisitive thinkers and, ultimately, lifelong learners with ownership of their education.
- Each student exhibits a disposition to self-assess. To this end, a student can recognize, analyze, and make adjustments to patterns of academic and social behavior.
- Each student recognizes and appreciates interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary relationships in academic work.
- Each student displays a comfort with ambiguity. To this end, a student accepts that much of learning is open-ended and based upon the integration of a multitude of cultural perspectives.
- Each student values sustained quiet time for reflection, reading, and study.
- Each student takes responsibility for commitments, sees them through to their completion, and reacts positively to challenges and setbacks.
- Each student exhibits a disposition to collaborate and to respect all members of the community.
Charleston Collegiate School is a challenging and supportive learning community that prepares students for a lifelong commitment to intellectual achievement, integrity, service, and leadership.
Commitment to individual achievement and development
o Personalized teaching
o Active communication
o Develop critical thinking
o Maximize potential
o Learning diversity
o Balanced focus on athletics and the arts
Commitment to excellence through citizenship
o Honesty
o Integrity
o Respect
o Leadership
o Service
Commitment to excellence through intellectual achievement
o Challenge and inspire each student to achieve maximum potential
o Student-as-worker, Teacher-as-coach
o Goals will apply to all students
The Five Basics for the 21st Century
(courtesy of Ted Sizer)
Students will need
1. to be techno-literate
2. to be able to use the English language in writing and speaking in a very powerful fashion
3. to understand the need for collaboration
4. to function in a multi-cultural environment
5. to speak and write a second language
Habits of the Heart
Charleston Collegiate believes that its students should develop (and its graduates possess) the following habits of the heart in order to be good citizens who are models of living with integrity and honor.
- Each student values moral responsibility.
- Each student demonstrates a commitment to civility and a willingness to engage in a civil dialogue.
- Each student acknowledges and respects a variety of beliefs and values, being free from bias and prejudice.
Habits of the Mind
Charleston Collegiate believes that its students should develop (and its graduates possess) the following habits of mind; these habits will enable them to become independent, inquisitive thinkers and, ultimately, lifelong learners with ownership of their education.
- Each student exhibits a disposition to self-assess. To this end, a student can recognize, analyze, and make adjustments to patterns of academic and social behavior.
- Each student recognizes and appreciates interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary relationships in academic work.
- Each student displays a comfort with ambiguity. To this end, a student accepts that much of learning is open-ended and based upon the integration of a multitude of cultural perspectives.
- Each student values sustained quiet time for reflection, reading, and study.
- Each student takes responsibility for commitments, sees them through to their completion, and reacts positively to challenges and setbacks.
- Each student exhibits a disposition to collaborate and to respect all members of the community.